UCL Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment

Congratulations to CPA's very own Ruth-Anne Lenga, OBE, on the recognition & celebration of her contribution to Holocaust Education over more than 30 years in the King's New Years Honours. Honoured to have you with us here in CPA! www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/5027759
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Delighted to see CPA's very own Sue Tunnicliffe honoured in this way for sustained contributions over time. Congratulations Sue! Proud to have you with us in CPA!

Exciting 2B contributing 2 this imporant conference @ the end of January! An honour 2 do so 25 years after @ioe.bsky.social researcher's contributed to the 1st one! Gr8 2b doing so with OHTE & @heirnet.bsky.social colleagues also! @mariliagago.bsky.social @coe.int xxvjornadaseducaca.wixsite.com/2026

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Congratulations 2 CPA's own Robin Whitburn & Abdul Mohamud, 2 Kate Donnington & Nicholas Draper, & 2 our @uclpress.bsky.social colleagues, on the publication of this remarkable & important book - Teaching Slavery: New approaches to Britain’s colonial past. Open access uclpress.co.uk/book/teachin...

Exciting to join @miriched.bsky.social & @cpaucl.bsky.social assessment colleagues, & the great Professor Gordon Stobart, to inaugurate the annual Gordon Stobart Lecture in Educational Assessment. Great to see so many colleagues celebrating Gordon’s work & supporting the event in the room & online.

School history lessons minimise the role of women, report finds Campaigners say key stage 3 curriculum plays to misogny and teaches a ‘false version of the past’ The role of women in history goes far beyond Elizabeth I or Anne Boleyn, according to a campaign that seeks to add more female lives and achievements to the curriculum taught in England’s schools. Research by the group End Sexism in Schools found that women were largely absent from history taught in key stage 3, the first three years of secondary education in England. Monarchs were among only a handful of women mentioned by name alongside the suffragettes Emmeline Pankhurst and Emily Davison. Continue reading...

School history lessons minimise the role of women, report finds

Proud to note the warm welcome that CPA's very own Professor of Curriculum, Zongyi Deng is receiving at NIE Singapore later this month and exciting to see the rich programme of activity he is contributing! #WeAreIOE #WeAreCPA @ioe.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk

Strengthening history education and an understanding of democratic culture Professor Arthur Chapman has been elected Vice-Chair of the Scientific Advisory Council of the Observatory on History Teaching in Europe, which promotes quality history education and teaching.

We're delighted to announce that @arthurjchapman.bsky.social has been elected Vice-Chair of the Scientific Advisory Council of the Observatory on History Teaching in Europe #OHTE

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Congratulations to CPA colleagues @gracehealy.bsky.social, @drlaurenhammond.bsky.social,‬ Alexis Stones, Emma Newall, Zongyi Deng & @arthurjchapman.bsky.social on their papers and to our @kossnetwork.bsky.social co-authors! Looking forward to continued work together! 3/3

The edition explores 'Powerful Knowledge', 'epistemic quality', and related concepts to make international comparisons between how subjects are modelled in secondary curricula in Sweden, Finland and England - a project developed and funded through the @kossnetwork.bsky.social, 2018-23. 2/3

Great to see that this special edition of the Journal of Curriculum Studies, edited by CPA's Professor Zongyi Deng and @arthurjchapman.bsky.social in collaboration with @kossnetwork.bsky.social colleagues is now 'live', open access, and online. www.tandfonline.com/toc/tcus20/5... 1/3

Exciting to be attending this @ucl-cccse.bsky.social presentation of research findings from this important @britishacademy.bsky.social funded project. @britishcouncil.bsky.social @geowalshe.bsky.social @cpaucl.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social

So excited to collect the hard copies of the
@ucl-cccse.bsky.social report: 'Climate change and sustainable development education in Egypt', ready for our policy roundtable on 15 July. Last few places available here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/climate-ch... @ioe.bsky.social @cpaucl.bsky.social

Such an honour and privilege to be a member of this department. Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment are at the heart of education. Delighted to be a member of department that has these things, and research and close-to-practice knowledge front and centre. #WeAreCPA

Looking forward to seeing you there!

So exciting to be hosting our second annual Festival of Making a Difference today in CPA. Such a delight to have an opportunity to learn from each other, share our work and network in the department. Hard to think of a better way to refresh and refocus at the end of the year. #WeAreCPA #WeAreIOE

Honoured to be elected Vice-Chair of the Observatory on History Teaching in Europe’s Scientific Advisory Committee today. Looking forward to our work together! #OHTE @ioe.bsky.social #HistoryEducation @cpaucl.bsky.social www.coe.int/en/web/obser...

Exciting to be joining @miriched.bsky.social, Professor Dave Putwain and Dr Carol Brown, and others for this important discussion of the impacts of high stakes examinations. @aqaeducation.bsky.social @cpaucl.bsky.social #WeAreIOE #WeAreCPA

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UCL – University College London UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

Come and work with us as a Lecturer on our Psychology and Social Sciences PGCE, here in CPA @ioe.bsky.social, the worlds number 1 education faculty for the 12th year in a row this year in the QS World University Rankings. www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

UCL ranked among top 10 universities in two major global rankings UCL has been named the ninth best university in the 2026 QS World University Rankings, the third year in a row the university has held this position.

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Interested in becoming a Master in Geography Education? Come and make your PGCE Masters credits matter at UCL IOE. Applications open for 25-6 until August 29th #geographyteacher #weareioe

As part of the special issue of Impact on the safe and effective use of AI in education we'll be holding a webinar panel discussion. Authors will explore how AI tools support SEND students, address workload challenges and enhance teaching.

Register: https://shorturl.pulse.ly/zabukybpye

The Supreme Court’s ruling on gender raises serious questions for schools New guidance states schools must not permit trans pupils to use the bathroom of their identified gender, but they still have a duty to safeguard them.

"High-quality relationships and sex education lessons that cover issues of LGBTQ+ sexual health and rights will enable schools to be inclusive environments that prioritise the safety, respect and dignity of all pupils," says @jessicaringrose.bsky.social
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Students’ experiences of investigative school science research projects Investigative research projects in science are a form of practical work in which students have considerable control in respect of the question(s) they address and the ways in which they undertake t...

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Headteachers and external inspection in England - Jane Perryman, Alice Bradbury, Graham Calvert, Katie Kilian, 2025 In December 2023 a UK Government Inquiry concluded that Ofsted, the English inspection regime, had ‘contributed’ to the death of a Headteacher, Ruth Perry, who ...

Our most recent paper:
Perryman, J., Bradbury, A., Calvert, G., & Kilian, K. (2025) ‘Headteachers and External Inspection in England’ Educational Management Administration and Leadership doi.org/10.1177/1741... @alicebradbury.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social

Fearing the ‘Clipboard Police’: Exploring How Marginalised Schools Experience Ofsted Inspections in an Era of Precarity Research suggests that the inspection service in England, Ofsted, has negative impacts on teachers and creates a culture of fear and performativity. Of particular concern is Ofsted’s potential to h...

In our latest open access Beyond Ofsted paper, Kate Killian argues that school improvement for the most vulnerable schools is incompatible with Ofsted’s culture of fear and deficit model of accountability

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